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New UMass Lowell study to explore link between gut bacteria and Parkinson's disease

The saying "Listen to your gut" is taking on new meaning in the hunt for clues about Parkinson's disease. The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a UMass Lowell public health professor a $2.1 million grant to study the relationship between gut bacteria and Parkinson's disease. The five-year study will be the largest of its kind to date.

20 Oct 2017

New study maps human genome to healthy tissue functions and disease processes

Our genomes help to determine who we are - the countless variations between individuals that encode the complexity of tissues and functions throughout the body.

13 Oct 2017

Report: Global burden of neurological disorders in today’s world

Globally, the burden of neurological disorders (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy etc) has increased substantially over the past 25 years.

13 Oct 2017

MIT researchers develop new technique to screen for genes that protect against diseases

Using a modified version of the CRISPR genome-editing system, MIT researchers have developed a new way to screen for genes that protect against specific diseases.

12 Oct 2017

Researchers find significant increase in risk factors among people with stroke

Despite prevention efforts, researchers have found a significant increase over a 10-year period in the percentage of people with stroke who have high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and other risk factors for stroke.

12 Oct 2017

Scientists identify potential treatment target for diabetic retinopathy

In oxygen-compromising conditions like diabetes, the body grows new blood vessels to help, but the result is often leaky, dysfunctional vessels that make bad matters worse.

10 Oct 2017

Women with high blood pressure in their 40s may more likely develop dementia later

Women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to develop dementia years later, according to a study published in the October 4, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

4 Oct 2017

Scientists explore the reason behind impaired sense of smell in Parkinson's disease

The first symptom of Parkinson's disease is often an impaired sense of smell. This neurodegenerative disease primarily causes irreparable damage to nerve cells in a brain area involved in movement control.

30 Sep 2017

NTU Singapore, KAIST scientists discover new mechanism that causes Parkinsonian symptoms

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology have identified a new mechanism that causes the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease, namely tremors, rigidity, and loss of voluntary movement.

28 Sep 2017

Caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's

Contrary to previous research, caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's disease, according to a study published in the September 27, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

28 Sep 2017

Study uses new approach to model brain connections for understanding Parkinson's disease

Some 10 million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's disease -- a debilitating condition that causes degeneration of brain nerve cells that control movement. The exact reasons for this degeneration remain unknown.

27 Sep 2017

Brain disconnections in Parkinson’s patients might lead to visual hallucination, study says

A new study published in the online journal Radiology suggested that disconnections in the areas of the brain, which are involved in attention and visual processing might lead to visual hallucinations in patients with Parkinson’s disease.

27 Sep 2017

Researchers identify new mechanism that causes hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease

A KAIST research team has identified a new mechanism that causes the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease, namely tremors, rigidity, and loss of voluntary movement.

26 Sep 2017

Study identifies novel molecular interactions that explain cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease

A study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, from Nature publishing group, describes the identification of a novel molecular pathway that can constitute a therapeutic target for cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease.

25 Sep 2017

Medical treatment against diabetes reduces Parkinson’s disease risk

A Norwegian study shows that the taking of diabetes medicine reduces the risk of getting Parkinson´s disease.

25 Sep 2017

Caregivers draw support by mapping their relationships

Every time Jacque Pearson tried to devise a plan to move her 81-year-old dad, who has Alzheimer's, from his home in Boise, Idaho, to hers in Denver, she felt stuck. Then, two weeks ago, she had a breakthrough.

21 Sep 2017

People with high and low magnesium levels in blood may have increased risk of dementia

People with both high and low levels of magnesium in their blood may have a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a study published in the September 20, 2017, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

20 Sep 2017

Researchers develop new model to better simulate blood brain barrier for study of diseases

Scientists have helped provide a way to better understand how to enable drugs to enter the brain and how cancer cells make it past the blood brain barrier. The brain is protected by the near-impermeable blood brain barrier, a fortress which protects the brain but which also prevents the treatment of brain diseases, including brain tumors.

19 Sep 2017

New man-made antioxidant could help improve success rates of cell-based therapies

Cell therapies being developed to treat a range of conditions could be improved by a chemical compound that aids their survival, research suggests.

19 Sep 2017

Scientists design method for predicting behavioral response to stimulus using neuronal oscillations

Neuroscientists from Higher School of Economics and Charité University Clinic in Berlin have come up with a new multivariate method for predicting behavioral response to a stimulus using information about the phase of preceding neuronal oscillations recorded with EEG.

18 Sep 2017

Parkinson's Disease News and Research

Latest Parkinson's Disease News and Research

New UMass Lowell study to explore link between gut bacteria and Parkinson's disease

New study maps human genome to healthy tissue functions and disease processes

Report: Global burden of neurological disorders in today’s world

MIT researchers develop new technique to screen for genes that protect against diseases

Researchers find significant increase in risk factors among people with stroke

Scientists identify potential treatment target for diabetic retinopathy

Women with high blood pressure in their 40s may more likely develop dementia later

Scientists explore the reason behind impaired sense of smell in Parkinson's disease

NTU Singapore, KAIST scientists discover new mechanism that causes Parkinsonian symptoms

Caffeine may not relieve movement symptoms for people with Parkinson's

Study uses new approach to model brain connections for understanding Parkinson's disease

Brain disconnections in Parkinson’s patients might lead to visual hallucination, study says

Researchers identify new mechanism that causes hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Study identifies novel molecular interactions that explain cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease

Medical treatment against diabetes reduces Parkinson’s disease risk

Caregivers draw support by mapping their relationships

People with high and low magnesium levels in blood may have increased risk of dementia

Researchers develop new model to better simulate blood brain barrier for study of diseases

New man-made antioxidant could help improve success rates of cell-based therapies

Scientists design method for predicting behavioral response to stimulus using neuronal oscillations

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Parkinson's Disease News and Research

Latest Parkinson's Disease News and Research

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